I put this up on Bluesky and Twitter at the half after they had repeated crowd cutaways of Jason Richardson only. Second half every single shot of Jason Richardson has included mom and the announcer just mentioned her too. Thanks for noticing @btn.com.

1. Spartan bball DOES have future NBAers. Richardson & Carr for sure. Undecided re: Fears (size)/Booker (strength). 2. I guess Jonathan Smith has fire in the belly based on career success but would it kill him to show it? 3. Zeke the Wonder Dog could be a national icon if MSU only marketed him.

@grahamcouch.bsky.social my daughter also prepared this checklist of Hallmark Christmas movie tropes for the screening. 🤣 I suspect more boxes would’ve been checked if we had made it all the way through the film.

But @grahamcouch.bsky.social I will say your sports observations are fantastic. I’m going to just have to tune out the Hallmark psychosis. @criterion.bsky.social is a great salve. Try watching Mid-Michigan’s own brilliant Sam Green film “32 Sounds” for a start. Plus anything from my list.

Welp. Even my daughter couldn’t bear it. We shut it off halfway through. I know you’re a contrarian so the only sense I see in this Hallmark obsession is you trying to win points with your wife while simultaneously annoying your art school classmates. Here are some actual great films: boxd.it/W8Wk

Nebraska too…

I like Zapala. Rooting for that guy. Quietly effective game in and game out. He’s turning out to be much better than advertised.

Mushrooms. All about the mushrooms.

Psychic!